Sci knowledge: the earth goes around the sun

earthsun

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Now, I would like to ask you a few short questions like those you might see on a television game show. for each statement that I read, please tell me if it is true or false. If you don't know or aren't sure, just tell me so, and we will skip to the next question. Remember true, false, or don't know. J. Now, does the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun go around the Earth?

Values

[1] earth around sun
[2] sun around earth
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/-	2016, 2018
A/B/C	2008
A/C/-	2010
B/C/-	2006, 2012, 2014

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for earthsun.

Counts by year:

year	iap	earth around sun	sun around earth	don't know	no answer	Total
2006	2646	1372	342	149	1	4510
2008	518	1073	311	112	9	2023
2010	1103	699	169	71	2	2044
2012	972	707	203	84	8	1974
2014	1299	926	247	63	3	2538
2016	1477	987	314	82	7	2867
2018	1173	836	281	54	4	2348
Total	9188	6600	1867	615	34	18304